thanks for all the information again !!!
Sure... I am glad to be able to help every once in a while...
I owe a lot of what I know to the members here... Just make sure you remember the newbs once you get your shit dialed in...
If I get a 400w HPS ballast do I need to get two different kinds of lights for veg and flowering?
Many ballasts are switch-able, meaning they can run both HPS and MH...
I don't bother with the MH... the HPS will vegg just fine, but with slightly more stretch than the Metal Halide...
I only vegg moms, and I love the extra stretch for doing lollipops...
If you are going to have only one light, HPS for sure...
Doing DWC with the tub and a bubbler, does the bubbler make any sound? Loud?
I can hear it in my room, but if I turn a fan on (just a house fan), the noise is imperceptible
Do i just throw my nutes into the water?
Yeah... this is where you start to wear it thin... this stuff is easily found with a little research...
99% of what you learn should come from you reading on your own... the last 1% will be very specific and educated questions...
I don't mind telling you the info, but you may find not every member will be willing to answer such basic and easily answerable question...
Check... I am not trying to be mean... just giving it to you straight up...
Anyways, back to the nutes...
Yes, you add them to the water, and I suggest you get a Ph/PPM meter...
There are many kinds, but I would recommend a "continuous meter"...
Every time the probes dry out they need to be calibrated, but with a continuous meter the probes stay in the water, needing calibration and maintenance much less often than the hand held meters... also called pens...
With a TDS/EC meter you get a reading of PPM (Parts Per Million), and that allows you to precisely control your nute levels... so you can give your plants all the food they need, without the risk of overdoing it and burning the plants to a crisp...
I use a Hanna Grocheck, and I am very happy with it...
This site has it for the lowest price I have ever seen ...
http://www.gchydro.com/HANNA+GroCheck+Combo+Meter+-+pH+&+TDS+Meter.html
I'm thinking if I can get three plants at 1oz each every harvest that would be enough bud for me because I'm only growing for a stash to have and of course because it sounds fun to grow. So if I can get that from this tent I should be good to just keep it till.... well forever.
Take a peek at this here...
Get a harvest every 2 weeks
For a personal stash, a variation of this method seems to be the best...
You can really cram a lot of lollipops in there... there is no concern for the bottoms, as the are stripped clean...
And a perpetual harvest is also good in a sense that you are only a couple of weeks away from some smoke, at any given day...
I bet you can fit a good 30 to 40 lollipops in there... and you could harvest 10 every two weeks or 5 every week...
It does take a little time to get it all set up, but once you are up and running... it's an easy flow...
And you can do it with any kind of grow... soil, aero, dwc, ebb 'n flow...
You really ought to look at all of Al B. Fuct's threads, that dude knows his shit...
What do you think is the best way to keep the sound undercontrol fan wise?
The first step is to get a FAN MOTOR SPEED CONTROLLER, not a light dimmer... and fans that are bigger than what you need...
Then you can dial the fan speed way back, cutting the motor noise considerably, while still meeting you ventilation needs...
Second, you can build a muffle box around each fan using cardboad and foam, but you will then need to rig a small PC type fan to cool the fan motor... running an electrical motor in an enclosed space, allowing heat to build up is like asking for a premature failure...
I know... it's ridiculous.. a fan for the fan... but silence is not cheap, nor simple...
Can I grow any strain I want or am I resctricted by the size of my tent?
I would say you can grow any strain, but with that said...
Say you choose a Sativa that can reach 12 feet tall... it's not gonna fit, is it?
But you can top it, train it and even get 12 feet of plant in there, just not standing up straight...lol...
Are the lowryder strains potent?
Never tried them, can't say...
Also what is autoflowering?
There are 3 types of Cannabis, Sativa, Indica and Ruderalis...
The first two start the reproductive cycle (flowering) based on the number of hours of darkness... around 12 hours of night will trigger hormones within the plant that tell it winter is coming, time to reproduce...
Ruderalis on the other hand, does not have the luxury of waiting for it to start getting dark... being native of higher latitudes, it protects itself from winter by triggering the reproductive hormones based on a number of days since hatching...
Therefore, even if kept under constant light they will still flower, or rather auto-flower...
I'm reading through all of the f.a.q. link you gave me and learning alot I had no idea about
Read on Brother, read on...
does anyone have links to homebox grows and setups ?
Sorry man, I don't... but remember, every grow has something to offer you, learn from them all and apply what works best for you...
thanks again
You are welcome...
Make sure to exhaust your research before spending money... sucks to waste money...
Cheers...